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The mystery of the sorrowful maiden / Kate Saunders.

Summary:
In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781408866924 (hbk)
  • ISBN: 1408866927 (hbk)
  • Physical Description: 319 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Subject: Private investigators > Fiction.
Actors > Fiction.
Theater > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

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  • 8 of 9 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Abington Community Library MYS SAUNDER (Text) 50687011758375 Adult Fiction Available -
Bellwood-Antis Public Library F Sau (Text) 310BEL00088218 Adult Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library MYS FIC SAUNDERS KATE (Text) 35740635793987 Mystery Fiction Available -
Highland Community Library F SAU (Text) 35610000986294 HGHM Fiction Available -
Martin Library Adults SAU Mystery True Crime (Text) 33454005857420 Reading Room Checked Out 04/08/2024
Palmerton Area Library F Sa8 (Text)
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65000000049769 Adult Fiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library FIC M (Text) 30003009089465 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009533937 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library SAUNDERS (Text) 31901004564854 Mystery & Suspense Available -

Summary: In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more.

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